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GOLD: Silver Wheaton buys part of by-product stream from Vale

VANCOUVER – Silver Wheaton has agreed to buy 70% of the payable gold by-product stream from mines belonging to Vale SA, including the Coleman, Copper Cliff, Creighton, Garson, Stobie, Totten and Victor mines near Sudbury, ON, for 20...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 6, 2013 | 3:57 pm

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes four more

Four new inductees boasting outstanding achievements in the diverse fields of diamonds, gold, uranium and copper, joined the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in the twenty-fifth annual ceremony in Toronto on Jan. 10.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 6, 2013 | 3:51 pm

COMMENT: World-beating alumina technology from Orbite

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Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2013 | 4:33 pm

MOLYBDENUM: Avanti updates Kitsault feasibility

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Avanti Mining of Vancouver has updated the feasibility study for its Kitsault moly property 140 km northeast of Prince Rupert to include a new open pit mine plan based on 2012's resource model. The Kitsault...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2013 | 4:30 pm

GOLD: First year results for New Afton mine

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based New Gold has released its 2012 operating results and 2013 guidance, including for the first time the output of the New Afton mine 10 km west of Kamloops. The New Afton mine produced 36,800 oz of gold and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2013 | 4:29 pm

COMMENT: Rail or road to the Ring of Fire?

Without a doubt, the number one technical issue that will make or break the Ring of Fire’s enormous economic potential – currently estimated at $60 billion by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines for world-class...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2013 | 4:27 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Cancana, Coalspur, Darnley Bay, and Woulfe Mining

Andrew Male is now president of Cancana Resources Corp. in Victoria, BC, as well as the company's CEO.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2013 | 4:24 pm

ACQUISITION: Mine Radio Systems joins Pyott-Boone

Pyott-Boone Electronics (PBE) has announced the acquisition of Mine Radio Systems (MRS), headquartered in Goodwood, ON. PBE intends to combine MRS's impressive product range, skills and experience with its own. All of the products, people and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2013 | 4:22 pm

Back Forty gains grade but Hudbay keeps project suspended

VANCOUVER – A new resource estimate for the Back Forty project in Michigan has boosted the deposit's metal grades, but despite the improvement there is no work underway at the site because project operator Hudbay Minerals suspended the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2013 | 4:19 pm

GOLD: Claude completes shaft deepening to 980 metres

SASKATCHEWAN – Claude Resources of Saskatoon has completed deepening the shaft at its Seabee gold mine 125 km northeast of La Ronge. It has been deepened from the 600 metres to 980 metres.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 4, 2013 | 4:27 pm

POTASH: Positive PFS for Muskowekwan declared by Encanto

SASKATCHEWAN – The pre-feasibility study is positive for the Muskowekwan potash solution mine in the southern part of the province, Encanto Potash Corp. of Vancouver says. The PFS confirms that project economics are acceptable and that...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 4, 2013 | 4:26 pm

DIAMONDS: Roadblock removed, Ekati acquisition to go forward

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Harry Winston Diamond Corp. has announced that all legal actions surrounding its acquisition of the Ekati diamond mine at Lac des Gras have been discontinued. BHP Billiton, the current owner, and all of the joint...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 4, 2013 | 4:24 pm

GOLD: Premier files 43-101 for Trans-Canada project

ONTARIO – Premier Gold Mines of Thunder Bay, ON, has filed a resource estimate for four gold deposits – Hardrock, Brookbank, Kailey and Key Lake – on the Trans-Canada property near Geraldton. The company noted that the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 4, 2013 | 4:23 pm

LOADER: Atlas Copco introduces large electric LHD

STOCKHOLM – Atlas Copco now offers a high efficiency, 10-tonne load-haul-dumper, the Scooptram EST1030. It is intended for applications where ventilation needs to be kept at a minimum. The ergonomically designed operator compartment will...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 4, 2013 | 4:19 pm

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